Sweet Valley Confidential: More Bitter than Sweet

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later by Francine Pascal
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Just a warning before I get on with the review- this is going to contain spoilers. Plenty of spoilers. If you'd rather go into it knowing nothing, then I wouldn't go any further. Suffice it to say that I am not the only Sweet Valley fan that was not totally impressed with the new book. For everyone else, here is what happened and what I thought...

Ah, Nostalgia....

Like most girls that grew up in the 80's, I loved Sweet Valley High. There was something so ridiculously fun and cheesy about those books that I just couldn't put them down. Well, it looks like they've brought it back. The book is supposedly going to follow Elizabeth and Jessica's lives a decade after having left Sweet Valley High and I am, strangely, looking forward to reading it.

Looking back on the series, the most memorable arcs they ever did were the Jungle Prom/Evil Twin miniseries and the books that followed the twins ancestors. Granted, they were not the most realistic (or historical accurate) stories ever, but they had a certain charm and personality to them that I couldn't get enough of back then.

Will they still have the perfect size 6 figures and Pacific-blue eyes? Will Lila still be as fabulous as ever? Will Jessica have outgrown her sociopathic tenancies while Liz was busy growing a spine? We shall see. If you're a fan of the series, I would love to know what your favorite plots were. Feel free to post them and your thoughts on the new book in the comments. :) Til next time...